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I have made myself a sizer die for the Lyman Foster Slug from surplus reloading items. I use a Lee Factory Crimp Die body for the first size and thereafter I use a body of a Lee Ram Prime which were...

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I do not trust shooting Lyman slugs in a full choke gun. Therefore I have developed a sizer die system to make them fit perfectly in a shot cup.

Left to Right:
1) Lee...

Shotgun wads is never a tight seal. I think it is impossible to eliminate all blow back past the wad.

I have the following Powder Measures:
RCBS Uniflow
Lyman 55
Ohaus Duo 7200
Foster Benchrest
Harrel Brenchrest

Each one has it place on my reloading bench. Some works better with specific...

Very interesting. Must say I am glad we live in the 21st century. What a pleasure to reload nowadays!

I also have the Little Dandy and like is for easy pistol powder charging. Excellent tool!

I had both of the two, but I found the RCBS to be better in general.

I use .357Magnum nickel cases which is almost 20 years old. Reloaded, maybe 10 times. No problem. I us a carbide die on them. For my .270Win I have reloaded Nickel cases, but I have bought a...

I have made myself a sizer die for my Lyman Foster Slug from a Lee Factory crimp die. Us it to start the sizing. Thereafter I size it in a sizer die made from the Lee Prime Die with the inside...

What is your experience - are they more or less the same as CCI and Federal or are they hotter or colder?

Very Interesting threat!!

I had used the Lee Hand Prime in the 1980 and then upgraded to the Hornady Hand Prime in the 90's. Thought that the new RCBS Universal would be better and yes as mentioned earlier in this forum, it...

Go to the following site for primer thickness / dimensions:
http://www.radomski.us/njhp/cart_tech.htm

Also read:
http://www.castingstuff.com/primer_testing_reference.htm

I also have a 1894 Marlin in .357 Magnum. I only load SR primers for the reason that some slower burning powders cause unburned flakes due to lower pressure. Had some misfires with CCI SR Magnum...

Also bought one some time ago. The collet did not want to release the bullet. Then figured I have to polish the inside of the die and added some lubricating oil on the inside of the die and on the...

Goodsteel, thanks for this comprehensive tips!

Wally thanks for the information. I intend using a 162gr RCBS Semi Wad Cutter with Gas Check with a speed of +-1600fps.

I ran into a guy today telling me that the micro groove Marlin Rifles are not good with cast bullets, even with gas check bullets. Is there is trick with the Marlin Micro Groove barrels. Must the...

I would try to replace the drop tube with a plastic one if you are going to use it to weight individual loads in a scale pan. The iron drop tube tends to scratch the scale pan. Maybe the RCBS...

The Lube-a-Matic turns clockwise to bring the plunger up. BUT you need to secure the Lube-a-Matic to the bench first. This will ensure that the rod kick in on the bench and the the plunger would be...

I only use single stage press operation in rifle reloading. Biggest checkup is to make sure all cases have powder in it and +-at same level. If there is doubt, I re-throw the powder.